Legislative Documents Compiled by Order of the ... General Assembly, Volume 1Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium. |
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... material from which a full and reliable record of the great events of our day may be preserved . This , with the ordinary work of the Society in collecting the early history of our State , is more than it can well perform with the means ...
... material from which a full and reliable record of the great events of our day may be preserved . This , with the ordinary work of the Society in collecting the early history of our State , is more than it can well perform with the means ...
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... material increase in the prices of nearly all the articles required for the support of the pupils in these institu- tions , and consequently there should be a proportionate increase in the sums appropriated . THE PENITENTIARY . I was ...
... material increase in the prices of nearly all the articles required for the support of the pupils in these institu- tions , and consequently there should be a proportionate increase in the sums appropriated . THE PENITENTIARY . I was ...
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... material subject which may demand your action . In our zeal to advance the public interests , however , we should bear in mind , that multiplicity of legislation , is neither wise nor expedient . Innovation is not always reform . And ex ...
... material subject which may demand your action . In our zeal to advance the public interests , however , we should bear in mind , that multiplicity of legislation , is neither wise nor expedient . Innovation is not always reform . And ex ...
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... materials of every kind and description , prepared for , or intended for the construction of locks or dams in said ... material prepared up to this date , beyond the per centage retained from the contractors under their agreements ...
... materials of every kind and description , prepared for , or intended for the construction of locks or dams in said ... material prepared up to this date , beyond the per centage retained from the contractors under their agreements ...
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... material turned over to the State by the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company in settlement with the State of Iowa , be and the same are hereby disposed of and granted to the Keokuk , Ft . Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad Company ...
... material turned over to the State by the Des Moines Navigation and Railroad Company in settlement with the State of Iowa , be and the same are hereby disposed of and granted to the Keokuk , Ft . Des Moines and Minnesota Railroad Company ...
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Page 72 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act shall provide, within five years, at least not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease; and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be valid.
Page 70 - ... at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State, and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre...
Page 12 - That the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied, exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.
Page 13 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts...
Page 70 - That there be granted to the several States, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, an amount of public land, to be apportioned to each State a quantity equal to thirty thousand acres for each senator and representative in Congress...
Page 19 - When bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by a joint committee of two from the Senate, and two from the House of Representatives, appointed as a standing committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the...
Page 26 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that any provision which may be adopted by such state government in relation to the freed people of such state, which shall recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consistent as a temporary arrangement with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the National Executive.
Page 72 - An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful; one copy of which shall be transmitted by mail [free], by each, to all the other colleges which may be endowed under the provisions of this act [7 USCS §§ 301 et seq.], and also one copy to the Secretary of the Interior.
Page 25 - I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 3 - As many as are of opinion that (as the question may be) say aye ;" and, after the affirmative voice is expressed, " as many as are of the contrary opinion say no.